According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
IRIDESCENCE
opalescence, iridescence
(noun) the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
iridescence (countable and uncountable, plural iridescences)
The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.
Source: Wiktionary
Ir`i*des"cence, n. Etym: [See Iridescent.]
Definition: Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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